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Im a Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corp. I was stationed overseas in Okinawa Japan for two years. I went on a MEU (Marine expeditionary Unit) and visited several countries. One of them was the Philippines. I met my fiance there and at first I was going to take leave from my unit in Japan to meet her and marry her so I could take her with me to the U.S. This proved to be such a hassle that I was advised to wait until I was in the U.S.

Thats not even the main issue anymore though. While I was still over there she was hit by a bus and had to have a craniotomy. I helped pay for this operation. This is not a scam, I saw the pictures of her in ICE and I was given photocopies of the receipts and doctors notes from "Our Lady of the Pillar Medical Center." She recovered and the plan remained the same...then she received information from the doctors there that she had less than a year to live because she was going to die from a brain hemorrhage. That happened in April and she told me last may. I instructed her to apply for a tourist visa with the plan in my mind that she would come over to the U.S., I would marry her and then get her military medical care. Ive been told by a few people that you can upgrade visas to allow spouses to stay and the only reason I didnt have her apply to a marriage visa was because by the time it would have filed through I would have been deployed to Afghanistan with 3/7 and then it would do her no good because Ill be gone until May 2012. She will die in that time. Everything went according to plan and she now has a tourist visa ready to use. But I was just informed by my 1st Sgt that this plan is somehow "insurance fraud." Im furious and beside myself with confusion. How is my plan in anyway illegal or fraud? Its not like I plan on divorcing her after the operation! I love her, want to save her life and life with her for the rest our lives. I just wanted to do it all in one visit of very brief pre-deployment leave because I leave for Afghanistan by Sept 15th. HELP!

Do you mean immigration fraud? Coming here on a tourist visa knowing she is planning to get married is considered prior immigration intent and is grounds for rejection. The question is can they prove it? Very difficult to them to do so because it is a documented fact that people with terminal diseases etc sometimes do get married on the spur of the moment.

If she really is in such bad shape that she will die if she remains in her country, its not a bad idea to get her here in the fastest possible legal way.

It is insurance fraud if youre marrying her purely to get her the insurance benefit. That would be very very difficult for insurance company to prove. In your case I assume insurance is provided by the military. I think you should be more concerned with immigration fraud than insurance fraud.

Lastly are you sure youre not being scammed? In developing economies, doctors reports etc can easily be forged and are widely available on the black market. Dont be taken for a ride. You better do your homework PROPERLY.

DOD and DHS (USCIS) have a working arrangement to expedite immigration paperwork for military members being deployed and their families. Dont try to do it on your own. Use the process that is in place.

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USCIS has established a toll-free military help line, 1-877-CIS-4MIL (1-877-247-4645), exclusively for members of the military and their families. USCIS customer service specialists are available to answer calls Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (CST), excluding federal holidays.

After-hours callers will receive an email address that they can use to contact USCIS for assistance. Callers will receive assistance with immigration-related information, such as:

Tracking their Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
Notifying USCIS of a new mailing address or duty station.
Checking the status of any other application or petition.
Bringing a spouse, fiancй, or adopted child to the United States.
Obtaining posthumous citizenship for a deceased member of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Submitting an application for expedited processing.

Members of the U.S. armed forces and their families stationed in the United States or overseas may access the help line using the toll-free number through their base telephone operator or using the Defense Switched Network (DSN).

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Why this is an issue of an insurance fraud?